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Topic: Current source for Leavitt Tuning Material |
Jay Stainbrook
From: Washington, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2022 9:20 am
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a hold of the books "A Different Slant" and "Running Laps" by Mike Ihde? I'm interested in the Leavitt tuning. |
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Gary Spaeth
From: Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2022 5:37 am
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search the forum. there are some songs in tableature here. the 6 string tuning is d c Bb g e c# high to low.
Last edited by Gary Spaeth on 3 Oct 2022 4:44 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill McCloskey
From: Nanuet, NY
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Posted 28 Sep 2022 7:39 am
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If you want info on the Alkire tuning which has a lot of the chord advantages of the Leavitt tuning, let me know. I have a ton of tutorials and lessons on that tuning. _________________ Check out the Steel Guitar Union Hall Facebook group for you daily dose of Steel https://www.facebook.com/groups/steelguitarunionhall |
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Jim Kaznosky
From: New Jersey, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2022 8:11 am
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Contact Roy Thomson on the forum. I don't want to put his email in a post, but he has two courses for sale. |
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David DeLoach
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2022 1:14 pm
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Jay, go to this link and get past the ad for my lessons and scroll down the page for a video and tab of my arrangement in Leavitt tuning of WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. I'm not thrilled with the tone I got on the video (steel --> reverb pedal --> computer) and I'm cringing at my intonation, but you should get the idea. I THINK I've improved a bit over the last couple of years since recording this
https://www.masterguitarists.com/wonderfulworld-lapsteel
I have over 150 songs I've arranged for Leavitt tuning. I just to need to input the arrangements into Sibelius and record/video them. Hopefully "soon". Waiting on a new Clinesmith steel I've ordered to start cranking those out. _________________ https://www.MasterGuitarists.com/ |
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David DeLoach
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2022 10:03 am
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I used Leavitt tuning on this song with the Cuban rock band, Sweet Lizzy Project. They just released the vinyl LPs (one in English, one is Spanish) this week of their anti-communist protest album. Leavitt has a lot of great rock licks in it.
https://youtu.be/tq3BFrYmNfs
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Walter Webb
From: California, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2022 8:42 pm
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Mike Idhe seems to be out of commission, since a couple of years ago... I may have been among the last to get both of those books from him. I've lost his email address, but you might find it by searching the Forum.
When is it ethical to share a once commercial product, if the seller is out of the game? |
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Jay Stainbrook
From: Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2022 5:33 am
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Walter, I was worried that maybe that was the case. I tried to contact Mike at an email address he gave in an earlier post and got no response. |
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David DeLoach
From: Tennessee, USA
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Stefan Robertson
From: Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 2 Oct 2022 11:27 pm
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Jay Stainbrook wrote: |
Walter, I was worried that maybe that was the case. I tried to contact Mike at an email address he gave in an earlier post and got no response. |
Jay I sent you an email reply. _________________ Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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Stefan Robertson
From: Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 2 Oct 2022 11:34 pm
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Leavitt for me is in my tuning.
Strings 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 but in the key of E so it complements the E13 and gives the overall tuning
7b9, mM7, dimMaj7, m9b5, m6 voicings, dim7,dim, lower 13 voicings, and 7#9 votings all in straight bar, plus 7ths _________________ Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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Gary Spaeth
From: Wisconsin, USA
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Rob Fenton
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2022 2:42 pm
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Hi Jay,
I've been working on Leavitt arrangements the last couple of years and although it can be a hard slog at first it is worth sitting down (even away from the steel) and making your own list of what chords are available and where they can be found.
The heart of the tuning is the ability to play any note as the melody of a 7th chord enabling one to play through songs that have many secondary dominants.
There aren't a lot of different voicings available which makes me wonder whether we'd all sort of come up with the same arrangements more or less...
I've attached a sheet of 3-note chord positions where you can play each note from the chromatic scale as a melody note over the 3rd and 7th of a C7 chord.
* In the case of the 4th of the scale I used a 7sus4 chord to avoid a minor 9th between the 3rd and natural 11, and used the 5th rather than the 3rd.
* In the case of the Maj7th I omitted the b7 to again avoid a minor 9th so have included a straight Maj7 chord, again adding the 5th as the third note.
Towards the bottom of the page are 2 lines of 3 note chord positions on the bottom 4 strings, first avoiding the b9, and then including the b9 but avoiding the 5th instead.
I think it is a good idea to learn these positions so that you can avoid either note when necessary.
Hope this helps!
Rob
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Travis Brown
From: Florida, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2022 5:03 pm
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Rob Fenton wrote: |
Hi Jay,
I've been working on Leavitt arrangements the last couple of years and although it can be a hard slog at first it is worth sitting down (even away from the steel) and making your own list of what chords are available and where they can be found.
The heart of the tuning is the ability to play any note as the melody of a 7th chord enabling one to play through songs that have many secondary dominants.
There aren't a lot of different voicings available which makes me wonder whether we'd all sort of come up with the same arrangements more or less...
I've attached a sheet of 3-note chord positions where you can play each note from the chromatic scale as a melody note over the 3rd and 7th of a C7 chord.
* In the case of the 4th of the scale I used a 7sus4 chord to avoid a minor 9th between the 3rd and natural 11, and used the 5th rather than the 3rd.
* In the case of the Maj7th I omitted the b7 to again avoid a minor 9th so have included a straight Maj7 chord, again adding the 5th as the third note.
Towards the bottom of the page are 2 lines of 3 note chord positions on the bottom 4 strings, first avoiding the b9, and then including the b9 but avoiding the 5th instead.
I think it is a good idea to learn these positions so that you can avoid either note when necessary.
Hope this helps!
Rob
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That is an interesting analysis. I may have to try Leavitt again, though I have to say I found it impossible to grok when I messed with it. |
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